Peace talks over war in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are meeting in Paris alongside the French and German leaders in a renewed effort to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine


CONFLICT-RELATED DEATHS IN EASTERN UKRAINE (since Apr 2014)
Total 13,000
3,339 civilians (to Aug 2019)*
4,000 Ukrainian armed forces (Feb 2019 estimate)
5,500 Members of “armed groups” (Feb 2019 estimate)


Crimea Russian control
UKRAINE
Kiev
RUSSIA


Area controlled by pro-Russian separatists
“Grey zone” separating opposing sides
Agreed areas of disengagement

UKRAINE
Berdyansk
DONETSK REGION
Mariupol
Kramatorsk 
Bakhmut
Petrivske
Donetsk
Horlivka
Zolote
LUHANSK REGION
Luhansk
Stanytsia Luhanska
RUSSIA
Taganrog
Rostov
Sea of Azov
50km 30 miles


*Includes 298 deaths from shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in July 2014


Sources: Reuters, OHCHR, Euromaidan Press
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